Island story: journeys through unfamiliar Britain
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Beteilige Person: Taylor, J. D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London London Repeater 2016
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Abstract:What is life like on this island? With a tent and a rusty bike, J.D. Taylor set off to find out. No other subject has spilt so much ink as Britain today. But whilst assuming a monopoly on national identity, a London-based elite has proven a poor forecaster of the political weather around the island. Sceptical and inquisitive, Taylor instead cycled all round Britain, interviewing and staying with strangers from all walks of life. Without a map and travelling with the most basic of gear, the journey revels in serendipity and schadenfreude. Island Story weaves histories, experiences and ideas to tell another kind of story: one of rebellion and retail parks, migration and inertia, pessimism and disappearing ways of life, and a fiery, unrealised desire for collective belonging and power. Think you know the island? Island Story will have you think again
Umfang:493 Seiten
ISBN:9781910924204
1910924202